Bowellism is a modern architectural style heavily associated with the architect Richard Rogers, described as a transient and flippant style influenced by Le Corbusier and Antoni Gaudi. Its defining feature is the placement of a building's own services, such as ducts, sewage pipes and lifts, on the exterior of the structure in order to maximize usable space in the interior. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano continued the style with the design of the Pompidou Centre in Paris, described as a "vast exercise in Bowellism"
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